Duck United Methodist Church: Duck United Methodist Church:
We have several ministries that reach outward to connect new attendees with our church family. The Witness Team extends the hand of hospitality to both local and out-of-town
visitors through cards, informational folders about the church, letters, home visits, etc. Once
people begin regularly attending our worship services, they are invited to join the Pastor’s
“Connection Class” which shares an overview of our church. The class is scheduled several
times a year at 11:30 AM on Sunday mornings following worship. As we welcome new
members into the family, they are joined together with a New Member Sponsor to help
draw them closer to the body of Christ. New Member Sponsors provide care for approximately
the first year of membership. Once members become involved in the life of our
church, they join the Shepherd Ministry. We welcome your involvement through prayer
as well as service in these vital ministries. To serve the Lord, we encourage you to contact:
Paul Keller, Witness Team . . . . . . . 261-3395. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . paulfkeller@charter.net
Rosalie Schwarz, New Member Sponsor Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261-2844
Susie Winfree, Shepherd Coordinator . . . . 449-4309 . . . . . . . . susie.winfree@gmail.com
• Are you looking for a builder, insurance agent, or a carpet cleaner? Our church is full of
Christian business owners! Copies of the DUMC Business Guide are available in the narthex or under the mailboxes. Just let Laura Daniels in the office know if you would like
to receive an electronic copy.
• We will be ordering name tags in March. Please contact the church office if you are in
need of a church name tag.
• To learn more about our ministries, read the DUMC Program Guide. Copies will be available
in the pews sometime this month. Feel free to take one home with you. Again, electronic
copies are available. Contact the church office if you would like an electronic copy.
The mission statement of the Missions Committee of Duck UMC:
"To involve the congregation of Duck UMC in spreading the
Gospel through witness and service throughout the world."
Hubert Humphrey once said "the moral test of a society is how that society treats those who
are in the dawn of life...the children; those who are in the twilight of life...the elderly; those
who are in the shadows of life...the sick, the needy, the handicapped." Through our
apportionment payments to the Conference, our Advance Specials (Rainbow Covenant)
giving, and our local ministries, we at Duck church have a history of reaching out to these
peoples that Hubert so eloquently named.
These are trying times for our great little white church at the seashore. Giving during the first
half of 2009 has fallen sharply. By the time you read this, our Administrative Council will
have met in emergency session and made some very difficult decisions aimed at enabling us to
live within our resources for the balance of the 2009 budget year.
Yet, the need for us to reach out through our missions program to those less fortunate than
we is ever increasing. We know that this downturn has affected some of us more than
others. Perhaps, those among us more fortunate to be able to weather the storm as we wait
for the "stimulus program" to start "stimulating,” can pick up some of the slack.
This is the Missions Committee's challenge to the congregation: those who can pick it up a bit write a check, in whatever amount, annotated either Rainbow Covenant or Local Outreach. Your rewards will be great! Let us not fall victim to the thought that the needs are so vast that my little bit will not make a difference. Through the structures of our phenomenal United Methodist Church, every mission dollar we give is put directly to work in mission.
On a more joyful note, our Caring Hands Ministry is very much alive. They power washed two houses in preparation for IMPACT youth to do some further prep and painting. One of the homes requires much more work than the youth could accomplish during IMPACT week, so Caring Hands will be finishing the painting and making other repairs during August/early September. The house is owned and occupied by a gentleman who has been paralyzed from the waist down and bedridden for sixteen years! He has very limited resources...a perfect fit of a project for Caring Hands. Anyone who would like to join the crew as we finish? Please contact Hal Denny for additional information.